Hi, Danny — What's Today?

Escape Again

It did not feel like the first day of my orientation had just passed, it had entered the second day, the drama between the strange students and the teachers still continued. Today I saw him coming to school and in the classroom. Clearly, he must be being punished for blatantly running away. If you want to run away, he can secretly go through the back of school. It's strange.

I instantly realized from my fleeting daydream when someone next to me patted me on the shoulder to give me the ballpoint pen I had to give to the person opposite me. Today we were playing the ballpoint pens oper game and the brother of the coach was playing the music, when the music stopped, one of the students holding the ballpoint pen would be told to go forward to be given a penalty. Time just keeps passing by so fast.

Even when the break didn't seem to arrive, the other students started running out of the classroom and into the cafeteria. I decided to go out and eat under a tree in the school garden, it was so cool, I was happy to be in a quiet and beautiful place during a day of activities that drain energy. For jajan? Yeah, I'd rather take my lunch to school to save my pocket money.

I walked through the hallway of the classroom to the park. However, I suddenly cross paths with that strange student who just came out of the teacher room. He walked leisurely while listening to music on his desk with a white headset dangling in his ear. I glanced at him through the corner of my eye. However, it seemed like he came to his senses and finally turned to face me and gave a smile. Then, he just passed back into the classroom.

"What, anyway?". My word.

I continued my journey to the park while carrying provisions in my right hand.

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I began to eat my provisions while occasionally staring at the view of the artificial forest of my school. There are some gardens there too. Under the hills of my school, I saw many children in groups queuing at every food stall in the cafeteria. Right, all the classrooms in this school are upstairs, while the canteen. You have to work hard to go down there and then you have to work hard again to get up here. The stairs are quite a lot, for those of you who rarely exercise can be sure to be out of breath.

I continued to put my tablespoon into my mouth. Suddenly I heard the sound of footsteps rubbing against the ornamental grass in the garden. There is someone coming, of course this is a public place everyone can come here whenever they want.

However, a moment later I could see who the person who was heading here was. The strange student. He was walking a step ahead of my seat, before long He sat in the grass and then put his hands folded behind his head to make the headrest. He was grazed while staring at the blue sky and listening to music from his blind cell.

"This kid doesn't say much, does he look like me?", I said as I continued to stuff a spoonful of food into my mouth.

Not long after, I heard someone yelling so fast. He shouted at this strange student and took him to the cafeteria. I saw this strange student turn towards the source of the sound and move from his position. He just walked through me and went down to the cafeteria.

"Well, I'll take my words, he's not like me who's lazy to hang out". I said, continuing to look at his passing.

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Not feeling that the break was over, me and all the other students walked towards their respective classes. Arriving in class. I saw my friends in my class were still busy with their activities, some were chatting, playing paper ball catching, and sleeping.

Not long after, they began to move back to their respective benches. After a teacher enters the class. I looked back and I saw the strange student bench was empty, but as I headed to class I saw him walking upstairs to class, with his friends who might be different classes. Why is he not in class? Where the boy went.

Before long, the speaker teacher began to let out a hiatus, the teacher started calling our names one by one until the strange student was called. The teacher began to realize this strange student was nowhere to be found.

"Where, Danny?", said my teacher.

"Lack of knowing, ma'am. I was still breathing in with him being bagged" said our class leader.

After all, the teacher began to open the class with the material 'important to be a good citizen'. We read the material he conveyed. Until suddenly, Mr. Waluyo, our homeroom teacher came. Telling the material teacher that Danny has run away from school through the front gate.

"Swash again????!! This person really has no school intention huh?", I said inwardly as I shook my head.

I saw our class speaker teacher also shaking her head while sighing. I think the teacher's getting upset about Danny's behavior.

The speaker teacher then, faced our homeroom again and gave a smile. Mr. Waluyo seemed to understand the signal from the speaker teacher, he immediately left our class. Then, the speaker teacher continued the material that was cut in the middle of it.

I don't think class time is over. I saw the teacher walking towards the back desk. He's apparently headed to Danny's desk and Johan's Danny's best friend. "Where's Danny's bag?", said my teacher.

"Bag? Danny never had a bag, Mom". Johan.

"HAAAH???! He really did not intend the school turned out, how could the school not carry a bag" I said in my heart while patting my eel with the palm of my hand. But after I remember again. She never carries a bag every time she goes to school. Likewise, with a run, he did not bring a bag also when he fled.

I saw the teacher walking back to the front and picking up the material book. He said goodbye to us and told us to go home carefully. I put my stuff in my bag and left the class.

I walked out of the classroom and started passing by the teacher's room, where I saw, Danny. I was shocked and rubbed my eyes back, right all I saw was Danny. I saw the Principal scolding Danny in the teacher's room. "If you've run away, why go back to school when it's up?" I said. I kept passing by leaving the teacher's room. However, I accidentally saw Danny looking back at me and smiling at me. Honestly, I was scared when I saw her, why she used to smile at me so often. He's not gay, is he?. I immediately ran out of the hallway of the teacher room as quickly as possible.

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As I walked leisurely, I left school to head home. I heard the sound of a motor suddenly lowering the motor gas and starting to approach me. Don't you think this is Dilan and Milea's story? Don't think so.

Turning my gaze to the right, I saw Danny was slowing down his gas motor and then saying, "You want to take a hit?", he said. Honestly, it was the first time I heard her voice. His voice is heavy.

"Son, my house is close". I said while turning my face forward.

"Oh, be careful". He said and left me.

I saw He was going slowly, but suddenly He stopped coming back and covered the coffee shop that the children were now staying at to hang out. I shook my head after seeing him there. I kept walking through their tongkrongs, I saw a glimpse of Danny smoking a cigarette he was holding.

He then turned his head towards me again and shouted, "Come by, Ran". His shouting. I'm surprised he knows my name. Know where? He was never there during the absence session.

Let me look at him and put on a flat face. I turned my eyes back to the front. Keep walking through it until you get home safely.

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